The whole unwhole world of 1953the Communist world, the Socialist
world, the liberal world, the reactionary worldagrees on this: the
U.S. is the citadel of conservatism in a tumult of innovation. Yet the
label "conservative" is about the last tag that the typical American
would think of applying to himself. How explain this contradiction?

Conservatism as a fact and a force never died, and it is now vigorous
and growing. But as a conscious and proudly defended outlook on public
affairs, as a philosophy of life and...